Tennis Weekly

In the latest episode of The Passing Shot, your tennis catch-up podcast, Joel & Kim reflect on Rome across the ATP & WTA circuits including Nadal’s first title of the year, Pliskova and Konta’s unexpected runs to the final, the Kyrgios chair-throwing default incident, reaction to the news of the WTA coming to Amazon Prime as well as the website launch of the 2020 ATP Cup. They are also joi...

In the latest episode of The Passing Shot, your tennis catch-up podcast, Joel & Kim take in the events of the Madrid Open across the ATP and WTA circuits with a look at how Djokovic underlined his status as French Open favourite, Bertens brilliance against Halep, Tsitsipas’ clay uprising and a final tribute to David Ferrer - the greatest player never to win a slam? They are also joined by Pass...

In the latest episode of The Passing Shot, your tennis catch-up podcast, Joel & Kim try and catch their breath on what has been a jam-packed couple of weeks on both the ATP & WTA circuits with EIGHT tournaments to look back on including all the big talking points from Barcelona, Stuttgart, Estoril, Munich and Rabat. Elsewhere, they discuss the contrasting fortunes of Kyle Edmund and Johann...

In the latest episode of The Passing Shot presents... Extra Slice , to commemorate the start of the clay season, Joel & Kim take a trip down tennis memory lane and recall Rafael Nadal’s first Roland Garros title at the 2005 French Open. Join us as we apply the patented Passing Shot treatment and take a retrospective catch-up on the men’s, women’s, doubles and junior draws in this throwback epi...

In the latest episode of The Passing Shot, your tennis catch-up podcast, Joel & Kim look back on a Monte Carlo Masters full of surprises and shocks with Italian Fabio Fognini ousting Nadal en route to capturing the biggest title of his career. Elsewhere, they recap Great Britain’s historic Fed Cup win against Kazakhstan in London with the GB fan perspective from special guest Lee, also known o...

In the latest episode of The Passing Shot, your tennis catch-up podcast, Joel & Kim roundup the first two weeks of the clay court season with the WTA in Charleston, Monterrey, Bogota, Lugano and the ATP taking in the sights of Houston and Marrakesh. Elsewhere, they discuss if Tara Moore from the U.K. completed one of the greatest tennis comebacks ever seen at the ITF event in Sunderland, the m...

In the latest episode of The Passing Shot, your tennis catch-up podcast, Joel & Kim look back on the finale of the “Sunshine Double” - the Miami Open. They discuss all the major developments from the men’s and women’s draw including the brilliance of Ash Barty, Federer’s 101st, Kerber “drama queen” comments, Kyrgios leading The Underarm Serve revolution, Osaka and Djokovic indifferent form, th...

In the latest episode of The Passing Shot, your tennis catch-up podcast, Joel & Kim catch their breath on what has been an exhilarating last 10 days out in Indian Wells. They discuss all the major talking points from the men’s and women’s draw including the meteoric rise of Bianca Andreescu, a first Masters title for Dominic Thiem and how Edmund, Evans and the rest of the British contingent go...

In the latest episode of The Passing Shot, your tennis catch-up podcast, Joel & Kim address the number 1 source of feedback for the pod so far: player pronunciations! Listen, as we (attempt to) provide the definitively right - and wrong - ways of saying the names of tennis pros that we have been called out on in the season so far. Find out how you should actually say Marin Cilic, Elina Svitoli...

In the latest episode of The Passing Shot, your tennis catch-up podcast, Joel & Kim preview the men’s and women’s draws at Indian Wells with the top 8 things they are looking forward to in the first stop of the Sunshine Double also commonly referred to as “the fifth Grand Slam”. They’ll also share their inevitably terrible predictions on who they think will be ending the tournament as men’s an...

In the latest episode of The Passing Shot, your tennis catch-up podcast, Joel & Kim unpack the latest on the tennis circuit on the road to Indian Wells. In Acapulco, we turn to Nick Kyrigos and talk jet skiing, underarm serves and that MOTY candidate vs. Nadal. Not to be outdone, over in Dubai, we talk Federer’s 100th title and whether he could eclipse Jimmy Connors all time record of 109 whil...

In this episode of The Passing Shot, your tennis catch-up podcast, Joel & Kim look back on what has been a jam-packed last couple of weeks in the tennis season. On the WTA side, we discuss all the major events going on at the back-to-back Premiers in Doha and Dubai whilst on the ATP circuit we cover the 500s in Rotterdam and Rio as well as all the 250s in Europe and South America. Elsewhere, w...

In this episode of The Passing Shot, your tennis catch-up podcast, Joel and Kim discuss what’s been happening in the tennis world post-Australian Open. This includes how the Brits got on in their Fed Cup home tie, the current Davis Cup ranking points controversy and the latest results from the ATP and WTA circuits including St. Petersburg, Hua Hin, Sofia Open, Montpellier and Córdoba. And finally,...

In this episode of The Passing Shot, your tennis catch up podcast, Joel and Kim are joined by special guest Lee who runs @tennisontelly on Twitter. They discuss the current state of watching on tennis on television in 2019 including where tennis fans can watch all their favourite players and tournaments this season, what the future might hold for tennis broadcasting with the likes of Amazon Prime...

In this episode of The Passing Shot, your tennis catch-up podcast, Joel and Kim chat through the SIX biggest talking points from Week 2 at the Australian Open; focusing on the men's and women's finals; Naomi Osaka as the new leading force on the women's tour; and Tsitsipas overtaking Zverev as the new leader of the Next-Now Gen. Plus we look into the current relevance and status of...

In this episode of The Passing Shot, your tennis catch-up podcast, Joel and Kim chat through the SIX biggest talking points from week one at the Australian Open. We also look forward to week two in the men's and women's draws by previewing the last of the R4 matches to take place and the quarter-finals that are already set. Episode may or may contain references to pickle juice! Hosted on...

In this episode, Joel and Kim discuss what we think are the EIGHT most eye catching things to have happened in Melbourne so far at the Australian Open across the men’s, women’s and doubles draws! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We’re two weeks into the new tennis season and already there's so much to talk about! In this episode, Joel and Kim look back on all the Australian Open buildup including Hopman Cup, Brisbane, Sydney and more in Results Roundup! For Brits on Tour, we survey whose in the best form heading into the AO and reflect on Andy Murray’s retirement announcement. Elsewhere, we look at the controversy su...

It's time to start the new season! In this episode, Joel and Kim argue over what they think is in store for the 2019 ATP and WTA seasons including their Grand Slam winner predictions and who they think will end in the top 8 of the rankings. We also look at the British contingent and evaluate the chances of Andy Murray, Johanna Konta and Kyle Edmund. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

Travelling to any of the Grand Slams this upcoming season? We chat to someone whose been there and done them all with 2012 'Career Fan Slammer' Liz Curran and get her tips on how to get the best fan experience out of the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open! Accommodation, ticketing, food, clothing... all major points discussed with Joel & Kim!  Hosted on Acast. See ac...

It's the end of the season and that can only mean one thing - time for the inaugural Passing Shot Awards with your hosts Joel and Kim! We take the time to look back and reflect on the ATP and WTA tours that have come and gone by handing out our figurative set of the most sought after awards in tennis (probably). This year's categories include: best player, best matches, most controversia...

In this episode, we discuss in depth the results and fallout from the World Tour Finals in London and Next Gen. Finals in Milan. Elsewhere, The Passing Shot looks into the tennis crystal ball and debates who will be featuring in the top 10 in 2022. And in The Wildcard, we wonder if there are too many team tennis events with the announcement of the ATP Cup. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...

In this special episode of The Passing Shot where Kim joins us live on her travels from Bali, we take stock on the recent Paris Masters and WTA Singapore Finals. Elsewhere, we discuss the rise and rise of GB doubles in the men's game, look forward to the upcoming World Tour Finals in London as well as this week’s Next Gen ATP Finals event in Milan.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

In this episode, we discuss all the results from the last couple of weeks including the penultimate Masters event in Shanghai as well as Antwerp (ATP), Hong Kong (WTA), Linz (WTA), Tianjin (WTA), Luxembourg (WTA) and Moscow (ATP/WTA). We also offer our own predictions on the WTA finals in Singapore and talk Kyle Edmund's first ATP trophy win as well as how far can Katie Boulter go after crack...

In this episode, we discuss the latest results out of Asia on the ATP/WTA tour from Tashkent to Tokyo, British success with Joe Salisbury and the last ever field for the Hopman Cup 2019. Elsewhere, Joel and Kim debate the merits of single vs double handed backhands and go into the obscure depth of the ITF Pro Circuit for Scoreboard Stories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati...